Shepparton Cattle Sale Report

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Report Date: 1st April 2025

Total Yarding: 1,850

Commentary

There were 1135 exports of that 545 were cows and 565 trade cattle were penned. What a difference rain makes. The market was firing, buyers were at the rails and producers were well rewarded for cattle with weight and finish. Cow prices leaped by 10c to 45c/kg, with the largest gains seen across the beef cow grades.

The trade section was again very mixed in quality. There were a few lines of grain finished yearling steers and heifers, along with a the odd pen of sappy vealer calves. However there were a large showing of plain underdone light weighted vealers and mixed bred yearlings. The best of the vealers made from 385c to 439c/kg. The yearling steers ranged from 310c to 420c/kg, the yearling heifer portion made from 377c to 408c/kg to average 385c/kg.

There were more heavy steers about this sale, with limited numbers of feeder steers. The 500 to 600kg C3 and C4 steers made from 365c to 410c/kg, while the 600kg plus bullocks made from 380c to 412c/kg to average 400c/kg to be 15c/kg up on last week. The dairy cow numbers were reduced, but heavy Friesians made from 256c to 318c/kg to be 10c to 24c/kg dearer. There were several pen lots of good quality heavy beef cows which gained 40c to 45c/kg on last weeks rates. The heavy beef cows ranged from 268c to 352c/kg.